How to Use Advanced Resume Search Features to Find the Right Candidates

Today there are over 80 million searchable resumes on Indeed. Job seekers have uploaded or created these resumes so they can be contacted by employers about relevant job opportunities and easily apply to jobs from any device.

More than 2 million new resumes are added each month, which is exactly why the Indeed Resume advanced search features come in handy for recruiters — to help you easily find the type of candidate you want to contact.

Here are some of the top search features available on Indeed Resume:

Boolean search

Boolean search operators connect search terms together to help you narrow or broaden your search results.

Boolean operator

Example

AND

All resumes returned will contain both parts of the argument. A space will operate in the same manner as an explicit AND.

sales AND executive

OR

Resumes must contain at least one of the items in the OR list.

retail OR cashier

“ “

To search for an exact phrase, insert quotations around the phrase.

“registered nurse”

( )

Use parentheses to bundle search terms together.

accountant AND (CPA OR CMA)

Advanced operators

To search for phrases within certain parts of the resume, use any of the following advanced operators.

Advanced operator

Example

title

Most recent job title

title:“account executive”

anytitle

Any job title on the resume

anytitle:“customer support”

company

Currently employed company

company:indeed

anycompany

Any company in past experience

anycompany:coles

school

School (such as college) in education section

school:melbourne

fieldofstudy

Field of study (e.g. major) in education

fieldofstudy:“computer science”

skills

Skills section of the resume

skills:excel

Refinements

Indeed provides a list of refinements you can use directly from the resume search page to limit your results to the criteria that matter most. Refinements include years of experience, education levels, distance and more.

Using Indeed Resume, you can search millions of resumes and get precisely targeted results for any field in an instant. And you only pay when you’re ready to contact prospective hires.

Start using these free advanced resume search features here. Or click to learn more about how Indeed Resume works.